87. “Let me tell you something about Simon Templar. The more he smiles, the more helpful, the more cooperative, honest, and charming he is— the more you can be sure he is plotting something diabolical.”

30. McGill's (I actually think it's just Richard Bradford's) inability to not mumble 98.6% of his lines. (I have also discovered that when drugged/tortured/brainwashed he slurs his lines an added 75%!)

29. "My name is Talky Tina...and I'm going to KILL you."

28. Artemus Gordon's disguises/accents/brilliant fake mustaches

27. THE corvette in Route 66

26. The fact that Little Joe and Adam always call each other "younger brother" and "older brother" in the most awesomely derisive ways!

25. Jack Lord's immovable hairstyle

24.No Frills Airline

23."Arthur" (Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode)

22. The Pottsylvania Creeper

21. Jerry Helper

20.The Kid never winning a coin toss. Ever.

19. "As always, should you or any of your IM force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. Good luck, Jim. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds."

18. The fake laughter in I Love Lucy that is used over and over and over: the woman's voice in said laughter that always goes "Uh OH!"

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It's kind of scary that except for Alfred Hitchcock, MTM and Twilight Zone, every fact on this list that I knew was because of you. Okay, I only knew like 10 things besides the AHP, MTM & TZ facts... but still.

Oh, and #48. YES.

I would do this but like you I doubt anyone would get half of the things I'd pick. 80% of them would probably be obscure references to The X-Files or Eureka that nobody would understand.

*I only wrote that in case Casey sees this comment so there's double the Casey + Kyle-ness going on in this post ;-D

This is such a fun list, though I admit that I didn't understand them ALL. :)

Oh, and re the canned laughter on ILL...I didn't think they used canned laughter? I thought it was all done live? I know the 'uh-oh' you're referring to. It's mentioned in the extras of one of the DVDs, I think. I'm pretty sure I heard that was either Lucy or Desi's mom...but who knows! Could just be rumors. :)